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Q0611:  I set up |/bin/grep Subject|/usr/bin/smbclient -M <netbiosname> as an alias but it doesn't work.
Q9101:  How can I install Exim on Mac OS X?
Q0037:  I am experiencing mailbox locking problems with Sun's mailtool used over a network.
Q0605:  If a user's mailbox is over quota, is there a way for me to set it up so that the mail bounces...
Q0607:  When I activate “return receipt” for example in Netscape Mailbox sending options, then I get an error message from Exim... something like not...
Q0721:  ... use Outlook Express, which sends queued messages before checking the mailbox, so it doesn't work.
Q5033:  How can I send a copy of all outgoing messages to another mailbox?
Q9704:  I am experiencing mailbox locking problems with Sun's mailtool used over a network.
Q0425:  My users' mailboxes are distributed between several servers according to the first letter...
Q0429:  I would like to deliver mail addressed to a given domain to local mailboxes, but also to generate messages to the envelope senders.
Q0604:  I want to use MMDF-style mailboxes. How can I get Exim to append the ctrl-A characters that separate indvidual...
Q5020:  ... not attempt to deliver it? I want to be in this state while moving some mailboxes.
Q0629:  ... having trouble with quotas and Courier, because Exim is not handling maildirsize files.
Q0047:  On a reboot, or a restart of the mail system, I see the message Mailer daemons: exim abandoned: unknown, malformed, or incomplete option -bz sendmail....
Q0088:  The Windows mailer SENDFILE.EXE sometimes hangs while trying to send a message to Exim 4,...
Q0428:  ... entries in my alias file to change the sender address in outgoing messages to a mailing list.
Q1408:  If email has been deferred to a member on a local mailing list (implemented through forward files), and one of our ETRN clients is on this...
Q9808:  I have a mailing list exploder on one host, and three other hosts where I want to do the...
Q1503:  ... mail coming in via rmail from a UUCP link. The sender is being set to mailmaster instead of the real sender, and a Sender: header is being added to the...
Q9202:  A script that FreeBSD runs nightly uses mailq with the -Ac parameter. Why doesn't Exim recognize this?
Q0734:  How do MailScanner and Exiscan compare? What are the pros and cons?
Q0037:  I am experiencing mailbox locking problems with Sun's mailtool used over a network.
Q9704:  I am experiencing mailbox locking problems with Sun's mailtool used over a network.
Q0084:  ... up an alias that pipes a message to gpg and then pipes the result to mailx to resubmit the message, but when I use my tested command in an alias file, I...
Q0404:  How can I arrange for messages submitted by (for example) Majordomo to be handled specially?
Q1101:  How do I set up Majordomo to work with Exim?
Q1103:  I'm trying to set up majordomo, but I'm getting a wrong mode error when I try to send it mail.
Q1105:  Exim is complaining about an invalid command line when Majordomo tries to send it a message for delivery.
Q9604:  ... too many open files error especially when a lot of messages land for Majordomo at the same time.
Q0038:  ... error message error in forward file (filtering not enabled): missing or malformed local part mean?
Q0047:  ... mail system, I see the message Mailer daemons: exim abandoned: unknown, malformed, or incomplete option -bz sendmail. What does this mean?
Q0087:  What does rejected after DATA: malformed address: xx@yy may not follow <xx@yy> : failing address in "from" header...
Q0514:  When I try to send to two addresses I get an error in the filter file malformed address: , e@fgh.com may not follow a@bcd.com. What is going on?
Q5006:  Why aren't there any man pages for Exim? I don't always carry my printed documentation.
Q0113:  I've compiled Exim and I've managed to start it but there was one problem - it always complained that libmsqlclient.so.10...
Q0073:  I'm seeing log file corruption, with parts of log lines getting mangled by other log entries.
Q0307:  The route_list setting ^foo$:^bar$ $domain in a manualroute router does not work.
Q0312:  ... to use a conditional expression for the host item in a route_list for manualroute router? I tried the following, but it doesn't work:
Q0009:  What does no immediate delivery: too many messages received in one SMTP connection mean?
Q0050:  ... uses my Exim server for relaying that they are being blocked with a Too many connections error.
Q0061:  What does the error Too many “Received” headers - suspected mail loop mean?
Q0067:  What does the error too many unrecognized commands mean?
Q0727:  When a message has many recipients, how can I stop SpamAssassin from being called for each of...
Q1005:  ... of incoming mail is pushing up my system load too much, and there are many Exim processes. How can I control this?
Q9604:  I get the too many open files error especially when a lot of messages land for Majordomo...
Q0410:  How can I make Exim look in the alias NIS map instead of /etc/aliases?
Q0401:  I need to have any mail for virt.dom.ain that doesn't match one of the aliases in /usr/lib/aliases.virt delivered to a particular address,...
Q0408:  ... addresses in a virtual domain's alias file then mail to aliases which also match the local domain get delivered to the local domain.
Q0411:  ... username that is longer than 8 characters as long as the first 8 characters match one of the local usernames?
Q0711:  Will Exim allow me to create a file of regexs and match incoming external email to the list - and if a match is found file the...
Q5009:  I want to match all domains of the form *.oyoy.org but want a few exceptions. For instance I don't want...
Q5008:  If I set up a domain list to contain *customer.com, it matches customer.com and abc.customer.com as required, but it also matches noncustomer.com,...
Q1407:  ... SMTP command ETRN host.domain causes all mail queued for that host, no matter what domain it's for, to be delivered. Why doesn't Exim support this?...
Q0615:  ... avoid this behaviour? I only want to remove messages that have exceeded the maximum retry time.
Q0719:  I would like to have a per-user limit for the maximum size of messages that can be sent.
Q0087:  What does rejected after DATA: malformed address: xx@yy may not follow <xx@yy> : failing address in "from" header mean?
Q0514:  ... addresses I get an error in the filter file malformed address: , e@fgh.com may not follow a@bcd.com. What is going on?
Q0628:  I have the default retry rule, which I thought meant that Exim should keep trying for four days, but it seems to be bouncing...
Q1408:  If email has been deferred to a member on a local mailing list (implemented through forward files), and one of our ETRN...
Q0716:  ... addresses from which she will accept mail? I want to do this so my family members don't get any spam (or other inappropriate mail).
Q5017:  Can (or will) Exim ever handle a message delivery purely in memory, that is, it is handled without it ever hitting the disk?
Q0045:  I see entries in the log that mention two different IP addresses for the same connection. Why is this? For example:...
Q0503:  ... Subject: line that contained a non-printing character (a carriage return). This messed up my filter file. Is there a way to get round it?
Q0311:  ... DNS lookup for MX records fails to complete, why doesn't Exim send the messsage to the host defined by the A record?
Q0711:  ... make Exim only filter parts of an incoming email - e.g. ignore large MIME attachments for example and only process text/plain?
Q0048:  Whenever exim restarts it takes up to 3-5 minutes to start responding on the SMTP port. Why is this?
Q0314:  ... particular pattern to the sites it rejects. If I try to lookup the same domain a few minutes later then it is OK.
Q0617:  Exim seems to be trying to deliver a message every 10 minutes, though the retry rules specify longer times after a while, because it...
Q1402:  ... any email I send with an address anything@aol.com is returned within about 15 minutes saying retry time exceeded, and all addresses are affected.
Q0505:  ... $local_part with an empty string in the system filtering. What's wrong or what did I miss?
Q0038:  ... does the error message error in forward file (filtering not enabled): missing or malformed local part mean?
Q0604:  I want to use MMDF-style mailboxes. How can I get Exim to append the ctrl-A characters that separate...
Q0412:  Why am I seeing the error bad mode (100664) for /home/test/.forward? I've looked through the documentation but can't...
Q1103:  I'm trying to set up majordomo, but I'm getting a wrong mode error when I try to send it mail.
Q5030:  ... configuration files. How can I run a second copy of eximon to inspect and modify the alternate queue?
Q5020:  ... queue it, but not attempt to deliver it? I want to be in this state while moving some mailboxes.
Q9804:  ... be able to temporarily lock out a user by disabling the password and moving the home directory to another place. How can we arrange to reject mail...
Q5012:  ... support Delivery Status Notification (DSN), Message Status Notification ( MSN), or any other form of delivery acknowledgement?
Q0205:  ... deliver to me locally and everyone else at the same domain via SMTP to the MX record specified host?
Q0301:  What do lowest numbered MX record points to local host and remote host address is the local host...
Q0302:  Why does Exim say all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts when MX records point to IP addresses?...
Q0309:  ... firewall machine so that if mail arrives addressed to a domain whose MX points to the firewall, it is forwarded to the internal mail server, without...
Q0310:  If a DNS lookup returns no MX records why doesn't Exim just bin the message?
Q0311:  When a DNS lookup for MX records fails to complete, why doesn't Exim send the messsage to the host...
Q0318:  Exim won't route to a host with no MX record.
Q0319:  ... should. They are all getting frozen because some remote admin has set their MX record to 127.0.0.1.
Q0718:  ... rules to prevent sending/receiving messages to/for domains which have one MX to localhost or only have address 127.0.0.1 ?
Q0737:  Is there some way to tell Exim not to consider 127.0.0.1 as a valid MX?
Q1501:  The MX records for some UUCP domains point to my local host. How do I get it...
Q9803:  A site for which I provide secondary MX is down for some time. Is there a way to run the queue for that destination...
Q0032:  Exim is failing to find the MySQL library, even though is it present within LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I'm getting...
Q0109:  I'm getting an unresolved symbol mysql_close when trying to build Exim.
Q9601:  Exim is mysteriously crashing, usually when forking to send a delivery error message.

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